flag of convenience

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

a flag of a foreign country that is used by a ship from another country for legal or financial reasons

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

flag of convenienceEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary flag of convenienceEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

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Is flag of convenience a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, flag of convenience is tagged as noun.

Does flag of convenience appear elsewhere on Lughet?

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flag of convenience